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Puzzle Overview & Difficulty Analysis
Date: Friday, December 24, 2021
Difficulty Level: Moderate Wednesday Puzzle
Total Clues: 68 (35 Across, 33 Down)
Average Word Length: 5.6 letters
Across Clues Explained - Friday NYT Crossword December 24, 2021
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1A | 1. Retreated | 8 |
| 2A | 9. Drop | 4 |
| 3A | 13. Artificial intelligence system modeled on the human brain | 9 |
| 4A | 15. Something that gets passed around a lot | 4 |
| 5A | 16. Golfers Ernie Els and Retief Goosen, for two | 10 |
| 6A | 18. So much | 4 |
| 7A | 19. All the king's men? | 6 |
| 8A | 20. Simple and glib | 3 |
| 9A | 21. School with the slogan "Ex scientia tridens," familiarly | 4 |
| 10A | 22. Ancient symbols of life | 5 |
| 11A | 23. Velcro alternative | 5 |
| 12A | 25. Democratic leader? | 3 |
| 13A | 26. Recipe direction | 4 |
| 14A | 27. Strong, dark quaff | 4 |
| 15A | 28. The British royal family has one called the Cambridge Lover's Knot | 5 |
| 16A | 30. Some abbey attire | 5 |
| 17A | 31. Up | 5 |
| 18A | 32. "I wasn't going to say anything, but since you brought it up ..." | 13 |
| 19A | 36. Crew | 5 |
| 20A | 37. Many a confession on a theater stage | 5 |
| 21A | 38. Throws, informally | 5 |
| 22A | 39. "I'm game" | 4 |
| 23A | 40. Last ___ | 4 |
| 24A | 44. ___ Miguel Island, largest of the Azores | 3 |
| 25A | 45. Currency units in Peru | 5 |
| 26A | 47. Puccini opera ... or the first five letters of the maestro who conducted its La Scala premiere | 5 |
| 27A | 48. What Twix bars are sold in | 4 |
| 28A | 50. Companion of the droid BB-8, in the "Star Wars" universe | 3 |
| 29A | 51. Ear hair? | 6 |
| 30A | 52. Calculus calculation | 4 |
| 31A | 53. Gained some courage | 10 |
| 32A | 55. What Shøp on "The Simpsons" is a parody of | 4 |
| 33A | 56. Agronomic analyses | 9 |
| 34A | 57. A cold wave can produce one | 4 |
| 35A | 58. Yule log? | 8 |
Let's Solve the Across Clues Together!
Here are helpful hints to solve each clue. Remember, crossword puzzles are like word games - have fun with them!
Clue 1 Across: "1. Retreated"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DREWBACK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Across: "9. Drop"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that prevent from being included or considered or accepted
- Words that mean the same thing: neglect, take out, drop
- The opposite would be: attend to, include
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OMIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Across: "13. Artificial intelligence system modeled on the human brain"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NEURALNET
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Across: "15. Something that gets passed around a lot"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one person to another by non-genetic means (as by imitation)
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: MEME
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Across: "16. Golfers Ernie Els and Retief Goosen, for two"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a white native of cape province who is a descendant of dutch settlers and who speaks afrikaans
- Words that mean the same thing: Boer, Afrikaner, Afrikander
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: AFRIKANERS
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Clue 6 Across: "18. So much"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the sun (or solar disc) which was the deity of a monotheistic cult under the pharaoh akhenaten
- Words that mean the same thing: Aten
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ATON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Across: "19. All the king's men?"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord
- Words that mean the same thing: vassal, feudatory, Luik
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LIEGES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Across: "20. Simple and glib"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the sound made by a gentle blow
- Words that mean the same thing: slick, chuck, dab
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PAT
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Clue 9 Across: "21. School with the slogan "Ex scientia tridens," familiarly"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare
- Words that mean the same thing: United States Navy, US Navy, USN
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NAVY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Across: "22. Ancient symbols of life"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ANKHS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Across: "23. Velcro alternative"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)
- Words that mean the same thing: interlace, plait, spike
- The opposite would be: untwine
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LACES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Across: "25. Democratic leader?"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DEE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Across: "26. Recipe direction"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about food & drink.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a regular route for a sentry or policeman
- Words that mean the same thing: shell, nonplus, tucker out
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BEAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Across: "27. Strong, dark quaff"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a very strong lager traditionally brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption in the spring
- Words that mean the same thing: bock beer
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BOCK
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Across: "28. The British royal family has one called the Cambridge Lover's Knot"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a jeweled headdress worn by women on formal occasions
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TIARA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 16 Across: "30. Some abbey attire"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine
- Words that mean the same thing: cowling, bonnet, cowl
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: COWLS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Across: "31. Up"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that on the move
- Words that mean the same thing: about, up
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASTIR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Across: "32. "I wasn't going to say anything, but since you brought it up ...""
Quick Info: This answer has 13 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _____________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: YEAHABOUTTHAT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Across: "36. Crew"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a temporary police force
- Words that mean the same thing: posse comitatus
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: POSSE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 20 Across: "37. Many a confession on a theater stage"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage
- Words that mean the same thing: by, apart, divagation
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ASIDE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 21 Across: "38. Throws, informally"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that toweling consisting of coarse absorbent cotton or linen fabric
- Words that mean the same thing: huckaback, huck
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: HUCKS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 22 Across: "39. "I'm game""
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about sports.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a brutal terrorist group active in kashmir; fights against india with the goal of restoring islamic rule of india
- Words that mean the same thing: rent, Army of the Pure, countenance
- The opposite would be: prevent, forbid
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LETS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 23 Across: "40. Last ___"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open
- Words that mean the same thing: puff, heave, pant
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GASP
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 24 Across: "44. ___ Miguel Island, largest of the Azores"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SAO
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 25 Across: "45. Currency units in Peru"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid
- Words that mean the same thing: fillet of sole, resole, colloidal suspension
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SOLES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 26 Across: "47. Puccini opera ... or the first five letters of the maestro who conducted its La Scala premiere"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about history.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TOSCA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 27 Across: "48. What Twix bars are sold in"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
- Words that mean the same thing: II, 2, deuce
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TWOS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 28 Across: "50. Companion of the droid BB-8, in the "Star Wars" universe"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REY
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 29 Across: "51. Ear hair?"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that adornment consisting of a bunch of cords fastened at one end
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TASSEL
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 30 Across: "52. Calculus calculation"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
- Words that mean the same thing: place, charge per unit, range
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: RATE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 31 Across: "53. Gained some courage"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: GREWASPINE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 32 Across: "55. What Shøp on "The Simpsons" is a parody of"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IKEA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 33 Across: "56. Agronomic analyses"
Quick Info: This answer has 9 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: SOILTESTS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 34 Across: "57. A cold wave can produce one"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a city in the european part of russia
- Words that mean the same thing: Molotov, permanent wave, permanent
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: PERM
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 35 Across: "58. Yule log?"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: NICELIST
Great job if you got it right!
December 24, 2021 Friday NYT - All Down Answers
| No. | Clue | Letters |
| 1D | 1. Sequencing locale | 6 |
| 2D | 2. Polish | 6 |
| 3D | 3. Triumphant shout | 6 |
| 4D | 4. "Black Boy" memoirist Richard | 6 |
| 5D | 5. Gets the batter out, say | 5 |
| 6D | 6. "___ poor Romeo!": Shak. | 4 |
| 7D | 7. Wolf's home | 3 |
| 8D | 8. Monitor | 15 |
| 9D | 9. Besides Brunei, the only current sovereign sultanate | 4 |
| 10D | 10. Creation date, file size and location, for an iPhone photo | 8 |
| 11D | 11. "That doesn't bother me anymore" | 8 |
| 12D | 12. Like an F.B.I. director's term | 7 |
| 13D | 14. Fast fashion? | 10 |
| 14D | 17. Office address abbr. | 3 |
| 15D | 23. Ones making insulting offers | 10 |
| 16D | 24. Part of many university names | 5 |
| 17D | 27. Flamboyant prop | 3 |
| 18D | 29. "Black" follower | 3 |
| 19D | 30. "The gymnasium of the mind," per Blaise Pascal | 5 |
| 20D | 32. Question that cannot be answered if its answer is "no" | 8 |
| 21D | 33. Two-wheeler at a charging station | 8 |
| 22D | 34. "___ away!" | 3 |
| 23D | 35. Cardinal points?: Abbr. | 3 |
| 24D | 36. Alternative to litmus paper | 7 |
| 25D | 40. It's the truth! | 6 |
| 26D | 41. Noted basilica town | 6 |
| 27D | 42. Things picked up on a trail | 6 |
| 28D | 43. Most likely to burn, maybe | 6 |
| 29D | 46. Kind of chart, informally | 3 |
| 30D | 47. Decorum | 5 |
| 31D | 49. Underground band | 4 |
| 32D | 51. One end of the Mohs scale | 4 |
| 33D | 54. GameCube successor | 3 |
Now Let's Solve the Down Clues!
Down clues go from top to bottom. Use the letters from your across answers to help!
Clue 1 Down: "1. Sequencing locale"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: DNALAB
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 2 Down: "2. Polish"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
- Words that mean the same thing: complicate, fine-tune, rarify
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: REFINE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 3 Down: "3. Triumphant shout"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that an alloy of copper and nickel with high electrical resistance and a low temperature coefficient; used as resistance wire
- Words that mean the same thing: constantan
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: EUREKA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 4 Down: "4. "Black Boy" memoirist Richard"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that united states writer of detective novels (1888-1939)
- Words that mean the same thing: Willard Huntington Wright, Wilbur Wright, Fanny Wright
- The word looks like this: ______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: WRIGHT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 5 Down: "5. Gets the batter out, say"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven
- Words that mean the same thing: bake, broil
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BAKES
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 6 Down: "6. "___ poor Romeo!": Shak."
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
- Words that mean the same thing: unluckily, regrettably, ala
- The opposite would be: fortunately, luckily
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ALAS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 7 Down: "7. Wolf's home"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: CNN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 8 Down: "8. Monitor"
Quick Info: This answer has 15 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _______________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: KEEPACLOSEEYEON
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 9 Down: "9. Besides Brunei, the only current sovereign sultanate"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the arabian peninsula; the economy is dominated by oil
- Words that mean the same thing: Muscat and Oman, Sultanate of Oman
- The word looks like this: ____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: OMAN
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 10 Down: "10. Creation date, file size and location, for an iPhone photo"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that data about data
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: METADATA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 11 Down: "11. "That doesn't bother me anymore""
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: IMOVERIT
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 12 Down: "12. Like an F.B.I. director's term"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about celebrity/entertainment.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: _______
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TENYEAR
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 13 Down: "14. Fast fashion?"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: TRACKSUITS
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 14 Down: "17. Office address abbr."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about abbreviation.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 15 Down: "23. Ones making insulting offers"
Quick Info: This answer has 10 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: __________
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: LOWBALLERS
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Clue 16 Down: "24. Part of many university names"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
- Words that mean the same thing: express, posit, state of matter
- The word looks like this: _____
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: STATE
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 17 Down: "27. Flamboyant prop"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that a long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur
- Words that mean the same thing: feather boa
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: BOA
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 18 Down: "29. "Black" follower"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
Here's how to solve it:
- The word looks like this: ___
- Still stuck? Remember to use the crossing words to help you!
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The answer is: ISH
Great job if you got it right!
Clue 19 Down: "30. "The gymnasium of the mind," per Blaise Pascal"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
Here's how to solve it:
- This could be something that weedy annual native to europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
- Words that mean the same thing: cheat, Bromus secalinus, chess game
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: CHESS
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Clue 20 Down: "32. Question that cannot be answered if its answer is "no""
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: YOUAWAKE
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Clue 21 Down: "33. Two-wheeler at a charging station"
Quick Info: This answer has 8 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ________
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The answer is: ESCOOTER
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Clue 22 Down: "34. "___ away!""
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about short answer.
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- This could be something that inquire about
- Words that mean the same thing: involve, take, call for
- The opposite would be: obviate
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The answer is: ASK
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Clue 23 Down: "35. Cardinal points?: Abbr."
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about abbreviation.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: TDS
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Clue 24 Down: "36. Alternative to litmus paper"
Quick Info: This answer has 7 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: _______
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The answer is: PHSTRIP
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Clue 25 Down: "40. It's the truth!"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the four books in the new testament (matthew, mark, luke, and john) that tell the story of christ's life and teachings
- Words that mean the same thing: Gospels, gospel singing, religious doctrine
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: GOSPEL
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Clue 26 Down: "41. Noted basilica town"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: ASSISI
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Clue 27 Down: "42. Things picked up on a trail"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a distinctive odor that is pleasant
- Words that mean the same thing: nose, fragrance, perfume
- The opposite would be: deodourise, deodorize
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The answer is: SCENTS
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Clue 28 Down: "43. Most likely to burn, maybe"
Quick Info: This answer has 6 letters. It's a expert clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that very light colored; highly diluted with white
- Words that mean the same thing: pale, pallid, sick
- The word looks like this: ______
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The answer is: PALEST
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Clue 29 Down: "46. Kind of chart, informally"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a medium clue about short answer.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: ORG
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Clue 30 Down: "47. Decorum"
Quick Info: This answer has 5 letters. It's a easy clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus
- Words that mean the same thing: gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, predilection
- The word looks like this: _____
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The answer is: TASTE
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Clue 31 Down: "49. Underground band"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a medium clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces
- Words that mean the same thing: bed, crease, wrinkle
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: SEAM
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Clue 32 Down: "51. One end of the Mohs scale"
Quick Info: This answer has 4 letters. It's a hard clue about general knowledge.
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- This could be something that a fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder
- Words that mean the same thing: talcum
- The word looks like this: ____
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The answer is: TALC
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Clue 33 Down: "54. GameCube successor"
Quick Info: This answer has 3 letters. It's a easy clue about sports.
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- The word looks like this: ___
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The answer is: WII
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Number of Clues | Percentage |
| General Knowledge | 51 | 75.0% |
| Short Answer | 8 | 11.8% |
| History | 2 | 2.9% |
| Sports | 2 | 2.9% |
| Celebrity/Entertainment | 2 | 2.9% |
| Abbreviation | 2 | 2.9% |
| Food & Drink | 1 | 1.5% |
Complete Puzzle Statistics
| Metric | Value |
| Across Clues | 35 |
| Down Clues | 33 |
| Total Clues | 68 |
| Average Answer Length | 5.6 letters |
| Shortest Answer | 3 letters |
| Longest Answer | 15 letters |
Fun Tips to Solve Crossword Puzzles!
- Start with short words first - they're usually easier!
- Look for clues with blanks to fill in - these are like fill-in-the-blank questions at school
- When letters cross, they must be the same in both words - this helps you check if you're right!
- Today is Friday, and these puzzles are usually moderate level
- Most clues today are about general knowledge
- The average word today has about 5 letters
- Remember: It's okay to take breaks and come back later with fresh eyes!
- Ask someone for help if you need it - crosswords are more fun with friends!
Disclaimer: Crossword clues are property of The New York Times. This educational content is designed to help puzzle enthusiasts improve their solving skills.
Last Updated: September 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
